The West
Pacific Coast Railway
Captain Silas Vane, empire builder
Lays track fast and far, and borrows to do it.
Railroad Mandate Canada, 1880
Lay the track. Run the trains. Own the country.
A 3D railroad tycoon for your phone. Start with one line and one train, then build the mines, mills and stations that grow a nation, and race three rival railways for every mile of it.
Free early build for Windows and the browser. Coming to Android.
Four railways. One country.
Pick your corner of Canada. The other three belong to rival tycoons, each with their own way of doing business, and none of them will wait for you.
The Prairies
Prairie Northern Railway
Margaret Holloway, stock raider
Buys shares in rival railways and hunts for takeovers.
Central Canada
Upper Canada Railway
Edmund Thorne, careful banker
Builds only where it pays, and keeps money in the bank.
The East
St. Lawrence & Atlantic
Jean-Baptiste Morel, harbour man
Ties his railway to the ports and the sea trade.
75%
Own three-quarters of Canada's railways to win. Or skip the long way round: buy up a rival's shares until his board hands you the company.
Your first run, stop by stop
You never have to guess what to do next. A NEXT button at the top of the screen shows the next stop on the line, with a cash reward when you reach it.
- 1
Ride your first train
You start with one line and one engine. Follow it out of town, or climb into the cab.
+$1,000 - 2
Deliver a job
Towns post jobs: forty tonnes of grain here, flour there. Deliver on time and your record goes up.
+$3,000 - 3
Open a mine or a farm
Coal, iron, timber and grain sit outside every town. Build the works and your trains carry what they dig and grow.
+$5,000 - 4
Build a factory, then go inside
Enlarge the building from the outside, then fit machines on the open floor. Each level you buy shows up as new machinery.
+$5,000 - 5
Research better engines
Thirteen fields, from locomotive engineering to shipping and ports. Steam gives way to diesel, electric and high speed.
+$6,000 - 6
Win a government contract
Governments need coal, steel and munitions moved. Bid low enough to win, and deliver what you promised.
+$8,000 - 7
Go public, then take over a rival
List your company, buy your rivals' shares, and when you hold enough, their railway becomes yours.
+$25,000
Riding along on the line to Vancouver
Run it for 170 years
The same company, from wooden coaches to bullet trains. Drag the engine along the line to see your works change with the age.
1900
The age of steam
Sixty-eight engines to collect
Every locomotive is a full 3D model with its own painted card, from 1829 to today. Here are a few.
When the country goes to war, it calls you
You don't fight the wars. The governments do. But armies run on railways, and someone has to haul the shells, the coal and the troops to the front.
War brings rich government contracts and cut lines that need repair. Peace brings the boom.
Straight from the game
All aboard
Download the early build for your Windows PC, or play it straight in your browser. It's still being built, so expect changes. The Android version is on the way.
68locomotives
124kinds of cargo
232industries
72Canadian towns
13research fields